Ironing-board.



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IRONING BOARD. APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 20,1911.

1,039,649, Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

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NATHANIEL T. COFFEY, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

IRONING-BOARD.

Specifieationof Letters Patent.

Patented Sept.- 24, 1912.

Application filed September 20, 1911. Serial No.v650,349.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL T. COFFEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of-

which the following is a specification.

The general object of the invention is to support an ironing board by atripod, the legs of which are adapted to be folded on the board when thesame is not in-use and to automatically interlock when moved outwardlyfrom the board.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from the followingdescription taken. in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich,

Figure -1 is a perspective of the device. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan viewwith the parts folded.

5 indicates the board which may be of any desired material and contourand 6 a supplemental board which is of reduced size and when inoperative position is supported in spaced relation to the upper face ofthe board 5 by means of a cleat 7 secured to the lower face thereof,

8 indicates a two-jointed strap for connecting the supplemental board tothe board 5, whereby, the said supplemental board may be adjusted overthe upper face of the board 5 as previously described or, when not inuse may be folded over the opposite face of the board 5 and secured byalatch 9 pivoted to the board 5 all of which is clearly shown in Figs. 1and 2.

a indicates the tripod support and '11 and 12 two legs of this supportwhich are arranged in'spaced relation and connected at one end by hinges13 to the central portion of the board 5; the hinged connectlon betweenthe board and legs being such as to.

permit the legs 11 and 12 to swing longitudinally of the board.

14 indicates the third leg of the support a. This leg extendslongitudinally of the board and through the space between the legs lland12.

15 indicates a hinge which connects one end of the third leg 14 to oneend portion of the board 5. I

16 indicates a cross pin carried by the leg 14 and 17 17 indicate pinsextending from one face of the leg 11 and 12 and forming abutments forthe. end portions of the cross pm when the device is in set-up positionas shown in Fig. 1.

, 18 indicates a strap which connects the free'end portions of the legs11 and 12 and forms a carrier for the third leg 14 when folding the saidlegs frornthe position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2, where itwill be seen that the strap also provides a keeper for the leg 14. Thesaid strap18 also prevents displacement of the third leg, when the legs11 and-12are swung outwardly from the positionshown in Fig. 2 and towardthe opposite end of the board, and thereby holds the said leg 14 in suchposition as to permit of its being moved until'the cross pin 16 abut-sthe pins 17 In order to prevent the device from toppling while in use, Ipreferably form the legs 11 and 12 with ofiset portions 19.

. Alt-hough I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention itis to be understood that I am not to be limited to the specificconstruction and arrangement of parts since various changes may be made,within the scope of the appended claims without departing from thespirit or sacri-. ficing any of the advantages of the invention. What Iclaim as'new is:

A foldable tripod support for ironing boards, having two legs spacedapart and. hinged at one end to the central portion of the board so asto swing longitudinally thereof, and a, third leg extendinglongitudinally of the board and through the space between thefirst-named legs and hinged at one end to one end portion of the board,a cross pin carried by the said third leg and pins projecting from thefirst-named legs and arranged so as to form abutments for I free endportion of the third leg during the outward movement of the latter andwhen all of said legs are folded onto the board.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

' NATHANIEL T. COFFEY.

Witnesses:

ALBERT Moons, MAY M. Rmenn.

